An autonomous moving body includes: a determination unit configured to determine that the autonomous moving body has arrived at a waiting area on a current floor before the autonomous moving body gets on a car of the elevator; an orientation adjustment unit configured to adjust, when the determination unit determines that the autonomous moving body has arrived at the waiting area, an orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an exiting direction from the car on a destination floor; and a movement controller configured to cause, when the car arrives, the autonomous moving body to enter the car while maintaining the orientation adjusted by the orientation adjustment unit.
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2. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the orientation adjustment unit causes the autonomous moving body to turn and adjusts the orientation of the autonomous moving body in such a way that the exiting direction corresponds to a front side of the autonomous moving body.
3. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the orientation adjustment unit causes the autonomous moving body to turn and adjusts the orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an arrangement of an environmental sensor provided in the autonomous moving body.
4. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the orientation adjustment unit causes the autonomous moving body to turn and adjusts the orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an arrangement of a display panel provided in the autonomous moving body.
5. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the orientation adjustment unit causes the autonomous moving body to turn and adjusts the orientation of the autonomous moving body based on a shape of a housing of the autonomous moving body.
6. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the movement controller sets, after the autonomous moving body enters the car, a position at which a rear part of the autonomous moving body is opposed to a wall surface of the car as a destination and causes the autonomous moving body to move.
7. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein, when the car is an asymmetric space when the car is seen from a door, the movement controller sets, after the autonomous moving body enters the car, a side of the car on which there is a wide space when the car is seen from the door as a destination and causes the autonomous moving body to move.
8. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the movement controller sets, after the autonomous moving body enters the car, a position at which a camera provided in the autonomous moving body to acquire environmental information is able to capture images of a range wider than a predetermined reference range as a destination and causes the autonomous moving body to move.
9. The autonomous moving body according to claim 1, wherein the orientation adjustment unit does not adjust the orientation of the autonomous moving body when an obstacle is detected inside a predetermined range from an outer frame of the autonomous moving body.
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